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(1937-2020) Medical historian. David Rothman was born in New York City.

Full Name

David Rothman

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RESIDENCE

Mr. Rothman lived in New York City with his wife, Sheila M. Rothman.

1937

BIRTH

David Jay Rothman was born in New York City on April 30, 1937.

1958

OTHER

Mr. Rothman received his bachelor of arts degree from Columbia University in 1958.

1966

LITWORK

Politics and Powers: The United States Senate, 1869-1901
Harvard University Press (January 1, 1966)
0674687752 / 978-0674687752
Nonfiction.

1971

OTHER

Mr. Rothman taught history at Columbia University and became professor of history in 1971.

1971

LITWORK

The Discovery of the Asylum: Social Order and Disorder in the New Republic
Little, Brown 1971. (January 1, 1971)
0316757705 / 978-0316757706
Nonfiction.

1978

LITWORK

Doing Good: The Limits Of Benevolence
Pantheon Books; 1st edition (January 1, 1978)
0394411331 / 978-0394411330
Nonfiction written with Steven Marcus, Ira Glasser, and Willard Gaylin.

1980

LITWORK

Conscience and Convenience the Asylum and its Alternatives in Progressive America
Little, Brown; 1st Edition (January 1, 1980)

Nonfiction.

1984

LITWORK

The Willowbrook Wars: Bringing the Mentally Disabled into the Community
Harper Row; 1st edition (January 1, 1984)
0060152346 / 978-0060152345
Nonfiction written with Sheila M. Rothman.

1991

LITWORK

Strangers At The Bedside
Basic Books (April 15, 1991)
0465082092 / 978-0465082094
Nonfiction.

1995

LITWORK

Medicine and Western Civilization
Rutgers University Press (December 1, 1995)
0813521890 / 978-0813521893
Nonfiction edited with Steven Marcus and Stephanie Kiceluk.

1997

LITWORK

Beginnings Count: the Technological Imperative in American Health Care
Oxford University Press; 1st edition (January 15, 1997)
019511118 / 978-0195111187
Nonfiction.

2003

LITWORK

The Pursuit of Perfection: The Promise and Perils of Medical Enhancement
Pantheon; 1st edition (November 4, 2003)
0679439803 / 978-0679439806
Nonfiction written with Sheila Rothman.

2005

LITWORK

Trust is Not Enough: Bringing Human Rights to Medicine
New York Review Books; 1st edition (May 10, 2005)
1590171403 / 978-1590171400
Nonfiction written with Sheila Rothman.

2020

DEATH

David Rothman died at his home in New York City on August 31, 2020.

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